Archive - 07 Mar 2001
Betting tax cut after online sites force Brown's arm
The huge success of internet bookmaking, which allows UK online gamblers to bet tax-free, has prompt...
UK E-loan branch snapped up by Moneygator
E-loan has sold its UK branch to Moneygator just two months after announcing the closure of the oper...
Dot-shop: Is it just a dot-con?
No more DJs registering their sites in Djibouti and no more GPs buying server space in Guadeloupe. N...
Mobile auction billions to pay off national debt
The UK government has finally found a home for the billions it raised in last year's mobile spectrum...
Palm embraces enterprise with Extended deal
Palm is launching an assault on the business market with the $264m acquisition of software company E...
Channel 5 bravely swaps airtime for shares in Petspyjamas
Channel 5 is taking a chunk of equity in Petspyjamas.com in exchange for £2m worth of TV advertising...
Morse sends out positive signals
UK computer services firm Morse has seen its share price jump over 10 per cent today as it revealed ...
Domain name showdown to kick off down under
Sparks could fly at Icann's Melbourne conference this weekend as the domain name governing body come...
Mobile giants give content the cold shoulder
Wireless content start-ups are finding it hard to get funding, as they struggle to create credible b...
Idealab runs out of ideas as US tech firms teeter
Idealab, the incubator behind eToys, is to shut its Silicon Valley operation, leaving just three pro...
InterX gloom deepens
Software company InterX has followed a recent profits warning with depressing interim results.
Linux link brings online entertainment to your armchair
HP and Real Networks are working together to develop Linux-based digital entertainment products that...
Vodafone back on top of FTSE 100
Vodafone has regained its throne atop of the FTSE100 index.
Sun splashes out on peer to peer service
Sun Microsystems has acquired search engine and peer to peer software firm InfraSearch for an undisc...
Ginger: It really is all a case of hot air...
It's (almost) official: Ginger, the much-hyped personal transportation device, will be propelled by ...
Unbundling trundling on under BT 'speed restrictions'
OFTEL has unveiled a new flavour of DSL, but it's unlikely to speed up the roll-out of services in t...
AMD joins Intel in chopping chip prices
AMD has slashed the price of microprocessor chips just days after rival Intel cut its prices. The co...
Industry awaits Budget with bated breath
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will today deliver his 2001 Budget to a watchful techno...
Stockwatch Daily: Nasdaq closes up, Euro techs take a dive
Yesterday's tech and telecoms rise has today been negated by drops across the board.
Two UK companies to brave stormy IPO waters
Two UK-based high-tech outfits look set to fly in the face of prevailing financial wisdom by floatin...
Security alert: Don't open NakedWife
European companies are waking up to the threat of a destructive new computer worm this morning, afte...
Napster: 'You have three days to comply'
A federal judge has given Napster 72 hours to comply with the demands of the Recording Industry Asso...
